Africa

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein ( Jordan):

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Security Council, in its resolution 2127 (2013) of 5 December 2013, requested the Secretary-General to rapidly establish an international commission of inquiry for an initial period of one year, including experts in both international humanitarian law and human rights law, in order immediately to investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law, international human rights law and abuses of human rights in the Central African Republic by all parties since 1 January 2013.

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Human Rights Council’s special session on the Central African Republic, as delivered by Michael Møller, Acting Head of the United Nations Office in Geneva, today, 20 January:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the event on the Rwandan Genocide, in New York today:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein (Jordan):